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The patron who never speaks
Last night I dreamed a regular — the old man who only ever nods at me from the periodicals rack — stood at the desk and recited an Emily Dickinson poem in a whisper. He knew every line. When he finished, he turned and walked out into the rain, and I woke up with the taste of dust and paper on my tongue.
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